At Railworld Wildlife Haven, the story began with a single self‑set tree. It had taken root on its own, grown tall, and eventually began to overhang the Cross Country rail route to Cambridge. Railworld contacted Network Rail to alert them — and instead of a routine clearance, they thanked Railworld and offered to help as part of a Network Rail Employee Team Day. Railworld asked if they could leave a stump so it could be transformed into a sculpture, keeping the tree’s story alive.
At the same time, Railworld reached out to Lisa Langley of Cambridge Chainsaw Carving to share the wider vision: creating a Wildlife Haven in the heart of Peterborough, where nature, community and creativity meet. She said she’d come and take a look.
Lisa visited, walked the site, saw the potential, and understood the ambition. By the end of the tour she simply said, “I’ll give you a day.”
And she did.
What followed proved the old line true: what a difference a day makes. A self‑set tree that once threatened a railway line became the catalyst for a sculpture, a habitat, and a shared act of stewardship — a reminder that Railworld Wildlife Haven grows not just through nature, but through people choosing to care for a place together.
